TC 18-01 Special Forces Unconventional Warfare November 2010 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION:Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical or operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made on 1 August 2010. Other requests for this document must be referred to Commander, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, ATTN: AOJK-DTD-SF, 2175 Reilly Road, Stop A, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-5000. DESTRUCTION NOTICE:Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document. FOREIGN DISCLOSURE RESTRICTION (FD 6): This publication has been reviewed by the product developers in coordination with the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School foreign disclosure authority. This product is releasable to students from foreign countries on a case-by-case basis only. Headquarters, Department of the Army

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DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION:Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical or operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made on 1 August 2010. Other requests for this document must be referred to Commander, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, ATTN: AOJK-DTD-SF, 2175 Reilly Road, Stop A, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-5000. DESTRUCTION NOTICE:Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document. FOREIGN DISCLOSURE RESTRICTION (FD 6): This publication has been reviewed by the product developers in coordination with the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School foreign disclosure authority. This product is releasable to students from foreign countries on a case-by-case basis only. i Training Circular No. 18-01 Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC, 30 November 2010 Special Forces Unconventional Warfare Contents Page PREFACE ...................................................................................................................ivChapter 1 OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................1-1Introduction to Unconventional Warfare ....................................................................1-1The Role of Unconventional Warfare in United States National Strategy .................1-2Feasibility for United States Sponsorship .................................................................1-3Physical and Human Environmental Conditions .......................................................1-3Resistance Movement Characterisics .......................................................................1-5The Criticality of the Feasibility Assessment .............................................................1-6Ways the United States Conducts Unconventional Warfare .....................................1-7The Seven Phases of Unconventional Warfare ........................................................1-8Elements in Unconventional Warfare ........................................................................1-9Chapter 2 FUNDAMENTALS OF RESISTANCE AND INSURGENCY ....................................2-1Why Populations Resist ............................................................................................2-1Dynamics of Successful Insurgencies .......................................................................2-3The Components of an Insurgency ...........................................................................2-8Additional Elements of an Insurgency .....................................................................2-12Infrastructure of a Resistance Movement or Insurgency ........................................2-13Organization of Medical Support Within the Area Complex ....................................2-17Insurgent Support Networks ....................................................................................2-18